This oversized white-keyed
piano, fitted with three
cylinders that recall Tibetan
prayer wheels, suggests a
colossal player piano standing
on its side. Black lines jut up
and down along the cylinders
like a seismographic reading.
These drawings are a visual
translation of sound: hours of
conversations among members
of her family, recorded over
the years by Sasportas and
encrypted as marks that convey
the rhythm, volume, silences,
and emotional intensity of those
conversations.